SCREMS: High Performance Scientific Computing Environment

肯特州立大学数学科学系和计算机科学系将购买一台高性能并行机群计算机，以加强两系在应用数学和科学计算领域的研究和教育活动。科学计算已成为许多科学和工程领域的重要研究工具。许多研究和应用问题经常需要在大型并行机群上进行高性能计算。肯特州立大学数学科学系和计算机科学系的研究领域包括：求解偏微分方程组边值问题的并行数值算法，大型线性方程组的迭代求解方法，大型矩阵的几个特征值或奇异值的迭代计算方法，大规模不适定问题的求解，液晶的图像处理、模拟和分析等。集群计算机将包括一个主节点和12个计算/可视化节点，通过高速InfiniBand网络连接在一个单机架上。每个计算节点包含4个处理器(两个2.8 GHz双核AMD CPU)，带有双PCI-E显卡和32 GB RAM。这一高性能计算环境将为两个系在应用数学和科学计算领域的高质量研究活动提供足够的计算支持。

The Departments of Mathematical Sciences and of Computer Science at Kent State University will purchasea high performance parallel cluster computer to enhance the research and educational activities inthe area of applied mathematics and scientific computing at both departments.Scientific computing has become an important investigation tool in many areas of science and engineering.High performance computing on large parallel clusters is routinely required for many research andapplication problems. The Departments of Mathematical Sciences and of Computer Science at Kent StateUniversity have research areas which includeparallel numerical algorithms for solving boundary value problems for partial differential equations,iterative solution methods for large linear systems of equations, iterative methods for the computations ofa few eigenvalues or singular values of a large matrix, solution of large-scale ill-posed problems, imageprocessing, simulation and analysis of liquid crystals, etc.The cluster computer will contain one master node and 12 computation/visualization nodes connectedthrough a high speed InfiniBand network in a single rack. Each computation node contains 4 processors(two 2.8GHz dual-core AMD CPUs) with dual PCI-E graphics cards and 32GB of RAM. This highperformance computing environment will provide sufficient computing support for high-quality researchactivities in the area of applied mathematics and scientific computing at both departments.